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HOME LIBERAL STUDIES TABLE A - LOWER LEVEL LIBERAL STUDIES 

TABLE A - LOWER LEVEL LIBERAL STUDIES 

IMPORTANT NOTE: Certain courses cannot be taken for Liberal Studies credit in some programs. Only the courses planned to be offered in 2011-2012 are listed here.See the course description section for a complete listing of Liberal Studies courses.

Please see Table A - Lower Level Restrictions for more information. 

Not all courses will be offered every semester to all students. See the Chair of the appropriate Teaching Department to check availability of courses.

CRB 100 Introduction to the Caribbean
CRM 101 Understanding Crime in Canadian Society
ECN 105 Canadian Economic History
ECN 110 The Economics of Markets
ECN 205 European Economic History
ECN 210 Inflation and Unemployment in Canada
ECN 340 The Economics of Human Behaviour
ECN 440 Booms, Busts, Panics and Manias
ENG 101 Laughter and Tears: Comic and Tragic Modes
ENG 104 The Canadian Short Story
ENG 112 Zap, Pow, Bang: Pop Lit
ENG 201 The Hero's Journey: Myth and Archetype
ENG 203 Literature of Native Peoples
ENG 204 Literature of Immigration
ENG 212 Cultures in Crisis
FRE*° A French course
FRS 101 Signs, Sense, and Meaning
GEO 106 Geographies of Everyday Life
GEO 108 Geography of the Global Village
GEO 110 The Physical Environment
GEO 206 Regions, Nations and the Global Community
GEO 208 Geography of the Global Economy
GEO 210 Geography of Danger
GEO 312 Viva Las Vegas!
HST 110 U.S. History: Colonial Era to 1877
HST 111 World Turned Upside Down: Europe 1350-1789
HST 112 East Meets West: Asia in the World
HST 113 Themes in Modern Asian History
HST 119 Fact and Fiction: History Through Film I
HST 210 U.S. History: 1877 to the Present
HST 211 Century of Revolution: Europe 1789-1914
HST 213 Themes on Latin American History
HST 219  Fact and Fiction: History Through Film II
HST 222  History of the Caribbean I
HST 301 Human Rights and the Canadian State
HST 307 Canada to 1885: The Founding Societies
HST 325 History of Science and Technology I
HST 328 Multiple Ontarios: 1784 to the Present
HST 407 Canada from 1885: The Struggle for Identity
HST 425 History of Science and Technology II
HST 426 Major Themes in International Relations
HST 488 Britain since 1815
IRL 100 Intro to World Art I: Pictorial Arts
ITM 277 Intro to Information Technology and Society
LNG 100 Language and Identity
LNG 101 Language and Society
LNG 200 Language and Public Life
LNG 300 Language: Spoken and Written
MUS 101 Intro to World and Early European Music
MUS 105 Voices Without Borders: Global Chorus
MUS 106 The Architecture of Music
MUS 110 Music and Film
MUS 201 Introduction to Classical Music
MUS 406 Chinese Instrumental Music
NPF 188 Masterpieces of Literature on Film
PCS 181 Introduction to Astronomy
PHL 101 Plato and the Roots of Western Philosophy
PHL 110 Philosophy of Religion I
PHL 187 Ancient Greek Philosophy
PHL 201 Problems in Philosophy
PHL 214 Critical Thinking I
PHL 306 Freedom, Equality, Limits of Authority
PHL 333 Philosophy of Human Nature
PHL 365 Philosophy of Beauty
PHL 366 Existentialism and Art and Culture
PHL 406 Issues of Life, Death, and Poverty
POL 106 The Politics of Human Needs
POL 128 Politics and Film
POL 129 Canadian Immigration
POL 203 Politics of the Environment
POL 208 Conflict and Change in World Politics
PSY 105 Perspectives in Psychology
PSY 304 Psychology of Gender
PSY 308 Psychology of Thinking
SCI 181 Biology of a Living City
SCI 182†† Chemistry Applications to Living Systems 
SCI 183 Introduction to Forensic Science
SOC 102 Human Origins
SOC 103 How Society Works
SOC 202 Popular Culture
SOC 203 Social Class and Inequality
SPN*° A Spanish course
THL 100 Theatre and the Canadian Identity


* An online placement test is required. Contact teaching department for details.
†Not available for credit to students in the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Science programs. Architectural Science students are exempt from this restriction.
†† Not available for credit to students in the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Science or Nutrition and Food or Occupational Health program students. Architectural Science students are exempt from this restriction.
° Not available for credit to students in BEng programs.
•This French/Spanish Department course is delivered in English.

LANGUAGE AND WRITING COURSES

There are three Lower Level Liberal Studies courses designed for students whose first language is not English; all of these require placement tests. LNG 100: Language and Identity; LNG 200: Language and Public Life; and LNG 300: Language: Spoken and Written are available to students who have been assessed as likely to benefit from intensive language and writing courses. Students for whom English is a second language and who are enrolled in programs that accept ESL courses for credit may take all three ESL courses, LNG 100, LNG 200, and LNG 300. However, a maximum of two credits only may be used towards their degree requirements.

There is one Lower Level Liberal Studies course designed for undergraduate students wishing to improve their writing skills: LNG 101, Language and Society. No Placement test is required for this course.



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